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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1892
Page
6
A short poem fragment reflecting on departure at sea and mortality. It invokes the bar and tide as a metaphor for leaving life, with imagery of evening bells and twilight. The speaker wishes no sadness at farewells and asks for a calm, purposeful voyage rather than fear.
A Chicago bookkeeper and his doppelganger Evans swap identities on a smoking car voyage. After a staged arrest by detectives and a dramatic Cincinnati stop, the real Link Murphy consternates authorities by steering the case away, while Pearson arrives to salvage the wedding. The groom is kept in custody briefly, then released with forgiveness and a note of goodwill.
A tiny girl about six or seven leads a merry chase with a dozen playmates on West Seventy-second Street. She dodges like a halfback, teases a boy with You cant catch me, then laughs until she is caught. She explains her laughter forced her to stop running.
Maurice Despres, an electrical engineer from Cordoba, witnessed electrified raindrops during a winter thunderstorm. As the rain began, he heard crackling sounds near the ground and observed tiny sparks darting toward trees and the earth. The strange display lasted only briefly as the rain intensified.
An old notice promotes Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a cure for Bright's Disease diabetes and other ailments. It then shifts to Dr Talmage's large Bible order of 100,000 Oxford Teachers Bibles, detailing features and urging purchase via T De Witt Talmage Bible House.
Youth's Companion offers 6500 in prizes for best seven stories 5000 for best serials and 1800 for folklore tales with 2963 stories entered. Winners announced to appear in 1883. Subscriptions offered include free paper to January and full year to January by sending 275. Also assorted humorous notices and ads on health and weight loss. A Detroit rabbi gives a Thanksgiving sermon on rebuilding home life with a modern twist.
An item notes linemen killed by falling on live wires and compares deaths from electricity to widespread consumption, then promotes Reid's German Cough and Kidney Cure as a safe remedy. The Sylvan Remedy Co. promotes the product with prices for bottles and availability through druggists.
A vintage patent remedy advertisement touts Genter rae ponds as a universal tonic that cleanses and invigorates the system, aiding recovery from influenza like la grippa pneumonia fevers and other diseases. It promises to restore liver function blood purity and skin health and guarantees cure or money back with a $500 reward for incurable catarrh case.
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